New Videos from the Bagua Historical Swordsmanship Project: Chopping Sabre vs. Butter

[David Jamieson]

Horse-chopper Broadsword (Chahn Ma Do) 鏟馬刀

Two-Edged Single Straight Sword (Dahn Gim) 单劍

Double Daggers (Seung Pei Sau) 双匕首

Single Broadsword (Dahn Do) 单刀

Single Commander’s Saber (Dahn Ji Fai Do) 单指揮刀

Double Broadsword (Seung Yiu Do) 双腰刀

Southern Double One Edged Swords (Nam Seung Do) 南双刀

As I have been saying... swords do not always use the same word. Note the use of the word "gim" and what it is used for. Thank you, drive through.

all "do" = knife
the gim = sword

the english transliterations are incorrect but they are there for the non chinese speakers benefit so they can associate the weapon effectively.

[B-Rad]

Do you even know what dao means?

The guy who told me happens to be a native speaker of Mandarin AND Cantonese, though I couldn't tell you what particular dialect.

Short of reading something an interpreting it literally... what is YOUR basis for your assumption?

Dao 刀 means knife. I don't think it's really debatable. You can debate whether or not in English we should call them swords, but they're certainly small enough to fall into the typical English definition of knife too, imo.

[Drake]

Dao 刀 means knife. I don't think it's really debatable. You can debate whether or not in English we should call them swords, but they're certainly small enough to fall into the typical English definition of knife too, imo.

It doesn't directly mean knife in the western sense...

[Violent Designs]

it means knife in the CHINESE sense then.

[Drake]

it means knife in the CHINESE sense then.

I can give you a hug. Would you like a hug? I give great hugs.

[B-Rad]

Butterfly knives are knives in both the western and Chinese sense. They're small cutting weapons (so a knife in the western sense) and single edged cutting instruments (knife in the Chinese sense).

[Violent Designs]

I can give you a hug. Would you like a hug? I give great hugs.

ew

im not gay like bawang

go give him hug

[bawang]

your mother is have gay
fuk to you

[ShaolinDan]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01NHcTM5IA4

[Drake]

Ok, I'm the first one to admit when I'm wrong.

I did the research, and went back over my studies.

I was wrong. OK?! I WAS WRONG.

But they ARE called bamboo leaf knives sometimes.

[taai gihk yahn]

Newbie OP posts video asking for "honest" opinion
KFMers trash it
OP attempts rebuttal, but no can defense
OP realizes he wanted to just be liked for what he posted and leaves in a huff
KFMers pick at carcass for a while, but then tire of such sport and find some reason to turn on each other, bickering over minutiae
DJ announces that he doesn't give a crap about what anyone else thinks / says / does, so filled is he with ebullience of doing things his own way
Gayness ensues between various KFM'ers
Bawang engages in pithy invective
A video is posted that is peripherally related to the topic at hand, that involves an '80's cultural reference
Thread is recapped in dryly humorous manner

[IronWeasel]

Newbie OP posts video asking for "honest" opinion
KFMers trash it
OP attempts rebuttal, but no can defense
OP realizes he wanted to just be liked for what he posted and leaves in a huff
KFMers pick at carcass for a while, but then tire of such sport and find some reason to turn on each other, bickering over minutiae
DJ announces that he doesn't give a crap about what anyone else thinks / says / does, so filled is he with ebullience of doing things his own way
Gayness ensues between various KFM'ers
Bawang engages in pithy invective
A video is posted that is peripherally related to the topic at hand, that involves an '80's cultural reference
Thread is recapped in dryly humorous manner

Awesome.....

You have read many thousands of posts.

[Syn7]

Newbie OP posts video asking for "honest" opinion
KFMers trash it
OP attempts rebuttal, but no can defense
OP realizes he wanted to just be liked for what he posted and leaves in a huff
KFMers pick at carcass for a while, but then tire of such sport and find some reason to turn on each other, bickering over minutiae
DJ announces that he doesn't give a crap about what anyone else thinks / says / does, so filled is he with ebullience of doing things his own way
Gayness ensues between various KFM'ers
Bawang engages in pithy invective
A video is posted that is peripherally related to the topic at hand, that involves an '80's cultural reference
Thread is recapped in dryly humorous manner

yeah but come on taai... anything less would just be uncivilized... if we cant pick on eachother about dumb sh1t, how else are we supposed to feel good about ourselves??? how else do we create an aura of superiority over people we claim to not care about one way or another, huh??? tell me that one, mister "im such a big boy now coz i dont wanna be a j3rkoff to everyone around me for no reason so i can pretend like i have a life outside internet arguments!!!"

come on now, let us drag you into the abyss... its where you belong and you know it...

[David Jamieson]

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I got yer ebullience right here!


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LOOK AT IT!!! GAZE UPON MY SHINY PILE OF EBULLIENCE!!!


Thanks Chris, awesome word! lol

[bawang]

It doesn't directly mean knife in the western sense...

dao means chopper. jian means stabber.
the distinction is from the stone age when the dao was rectangular shaped and was very distinct. the dao could not stab and jian could not chop. in the iron age they were combined into one weapon aka the modern dao.